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Ficks’ Picks: The best films of 2015 (spoiler-free!)

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SCREEN GRABS Our esteemed film critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, who ranged from horror classics to the Toronto International Film Festival this year, picks the cream...
Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK: 22 terror-ific Halloween events

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From Motown maniacs and "boograss hillbillies" to glam rock ghouls and the Phantom of Grace Cathedral, SF's undead are dancing to a Beetlejuice beat. By...
Movies

Horror films save lives

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
A personal appreciation of the bloodiest genre of all. Plus a super-scary stalker top 10!
Arts + Culture

The illuminated woman of ‘Crimson Peak’

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Guillermo de Toro's latest gothic horror has more up its sleeve than loving, gory homage.  By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks SCREEN GRABS Cinephiles should have a field day...
Arts + Culture

Even more Ficks’ Picks from the Toronto International Film Festival

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Bucolic witches, splendid cemeteries, awkward Chinese futures, little sisters, swell lobsters, and more from TIFF 40. Read part 1 here and part 2 here.  By...
Arts + Culture

More Ficks’ Picks from the Toronto International Film Festival

Marke B. -
Tamil rebels, explicit 'Love,' 3D horrors from the past, a Moroccan masterpiece, and gobbledygook skin flicks in part 2 of our coverage. Read part one...
Arts + Culture

Ficks’ Picks from the Toronto International Film Festival, part 1

Marke B. -
Hitchcock revisited, Laurie Anderson's dog, Neo-Nazi horror, Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion animation... and a nightmarish new E.T.? (Read part 2 here.) By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks SCREEN GRABS...
Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK: What to do Sept. 16-22, 2015

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By Caitlin Donohue SF Punk Renaissance looks back, Lex Club documentary screening, Teengirl Fantasy, DJ Uniiqu3, Amy Winehouse art and more The Punk Rock Sewing Circle...
Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK: What to do Sept. 9-15, 2015

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By Caitlin Donohue Prancing Elites warm you up for Oakland Pride, plus Slice Harvester, Lenny Kravitz, Big Dick's House of Big Boobs, Mad Decent Block...
Arts + Culture

Future fantasies collide in “Late Stage San Francisco”

Caitlin Donohue -
Maryam Rostami's latest performance piece takes on problematic visions, apocalypse porn, and "roadkill Kardashians." By Caitlin Donohue ONSTAGE Performer Maryam Farnaz Rostami hardly thinks that her play...
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